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Body's all done. Just waiting for wheels and tires now.

I'm kind of proud of how this body came out.

For those wanting to see the chain drive, here it is fresh off the track from the race..hasn't been touched

Hello, it's been awhile since I've posted here. I wanted to show a very special car body...It's a tribute to my "brother from a different mother", Ramiro Padilla. Recently, I spoke to his brother, and was inspired to do do this project. The body is a JConcepts Mirage, mounted on my shelfer...

Took the opportunity to paint up a body while I had the workshop heated. Went for the Joel Johnson pattern but using my current colors. 20250106_152325.jpg 20250106_152438.jpg I put Trinity stickers on. But then realized I don't have a period correct Trinity to use. :oops: Might go for a slightly ne...

Tore the diff down - the new ceramic balls and rings were trashed. Honed the rings smooth & flat and installed some new AE carbide balls I happened to have. Now, I have been running these cars for over 30 years, but I am embarrassed to admit I never really knew how to properly set up a ball diff...

This will be my ten4.1 gold team car build. Hopefully starting soon. I was going to build the ten4.1 with vintage parts but decided to save most of those as spares for my runner gold pan.

forgive the cluttered desk. its how i work... its together and its white. i did put the rpm ball cups in hot black coffee for 2 minutes to knock em down a little and match the older rpm stuff. worked pretty well. hopin i have a set of black wheels to match my other rpm buggy. still need an xx body b...

Finally made the time to throw this kit together. Still need to make body mounts, needs 0°rear arm mounts, paint, electronics. 4C0C6624-152D-4E90-A210-12E6F34DB8E7.jpeg 8B2BF742-4136-44C2-A866-E7237387B09B.jpeg 6F7E367F-9C6D-466D-B9E8-79BAC89192C8.jpeg F5C422D2-80C3-4372-BB82-53F44763D1FF.jpeg 57342...

RC10resto wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:16 pm Green needs the front bling IMHO

Have I gone too far?

not the best light but heres the pair. new one with the longer shock setup on the left.

cc worlds is close, but imho nothin beats cool like an rpm ultramold.

I'm sure some of the newer vintage enthusiasts have NO idea what we used to find, and how we used to get it. Might make a cool thread now that I think about it. when i lived in chicago i didnt have interet or even a computer at home for years. sometime around 2003/4 i would guess, (pre auction snip...

Oven cleaner is the easiest and fastest method, just don't leave it in there too long, 5 - 10 minutes at a time.

Looking through the documentary “RC10 the winning edge with Jammin’ Jay Halsey” I noticed two more decals on the rear of the body. Some other small details emerged as Jay’s father Jim talked about geometry, weight distribution, tires and electronics. I know Jay and his father did many alterations ov...

Started into the paint and decaling of my DS. Lots of decal work left, and haven't started on the wing yet. Like all my paint jobs, she's a 2-3 footer.

Feels like a long wait for this one lol, wonder when in February they will ship. I was never a big nitro guy but I remember back in the day when the nitro conversion for the 10T came out, as a kid I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I never had either as a kid back then, both of those were ju...